Monday, October 23, 2017 9:13 PM Local Time
Give and Take For Blake Battaglia
Jeff Banghart opens the button to 400,000, and Blake Battaglia three-bets to 1,400,000. Banghart calls. The flop is , and a follow-up bet of 1,000,000 gives Battaglia the pot.
A couple hands later, the two men build a pot of close to 4,000,000 chips heading to the river of a board. Battaglia checks from the big blind, Banghart bets 2,000,000 from the button, and Battaglia folds. Banghart flashes the reporters his as he collects the pot to climb back to about 9,300,000.
Battaglia gets the best of him again a few hands later, though. Banghart opens the button to 400,000, and Battaglia defends. The flop is , and Battaglia check-calls a bet of 500,000. They both check through the turn, and the river is the . Battaglia bets 2,000,000, and Banghart calls.
Battaglia shows for a flush draw that turned into bottom two pair. It's good; Banghart mucks to slide back under 7,000,000 chips.
Blake Battaglia - 18,510,000 (116 bb)
Jeff Banghart - 6,430,000 (40 bb)